Kate Barrington

Busy perusing around the web to find out what goes on behind the scenes, you can be sure she’ll have the answers to your questions. Kate B, or as her friends call her “Ask Kate”, is our own little online gambling Kate-pedia.

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Borgata Summer Poker Open to Return as From July 9

Borgata Summer Poker Open to Return as From July 9

Following the massive success of its Borgata Spring Poker Open, the top gaming venue in New Jersey has announced yet another tournament series that is set to go down in the summer. Getting underway just before the conclusion of the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP), the forthcoming poker tournament will feature another $1 million […]

PokerStars Slapped with Fine by New Jersey Gaming Regulators

PokerStars Slapped with Fine by New Jersey Gaming Regulators

PokerStars which is considered to be the world’s largest poker site has recently been slapped with a fine by New Jersey gambling regulators. The $10,000 fine that the company’s sportsbook operation was slapped with is by far the largest sports betting fine ever issued in the state. While $10,000 is definitely a large amount of […]

PokerStars’ $75M Guaranteed SCOOP to Kick Off on May 12

PokerStars’ $75M Guaranteed SCOOP to Kick Off on May 12

PokerStars’ Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) is set to make a return as from May 12 to May 17 and this time it will be featuring a record $75 million worth of guaranteed prize pools which will be further supplemented by at least $1 million guaranteed for every single day of the poker series. […]

Michigan Moves Closer to Legalizing Online Poker

Michigan Moves Closer to Legalizing Online Poker

Michigan has worked out the kinks of online poker a long while back. Unfortunately, the state had a rather poor run with its former Governor Rick Snyder who shot down the legislation. A new one is on the way. Rick Snyder Is Out, Michigan Keeps Pushing for Online Poker Michigan is back on its way […]

Online Poker in Limbo as DOJ Extends Compliance Deadline

Online Poker in Limbo as DOJ Extends Compliance Deadline

The uncertainty surrounding the future of online poker in the United States remains for the foreseeable futures thanks to the recent 1961 Wire Act opinion reversal by the United States Department of Justice. Initially, the DOJ set the deadline for compliance with the revised opinion to April 15 but this has recently changed with the […]

2019 WSOP Announces Nine Online Bracelet Events

2019 WSOP Announces Nine Online Bracelet Events

Since it hosted its very first online gold bracelet events in 2015, the World Series of Poker site has gone ahead to award a total of nine bracelets. This trend continues this year albeit with way more bracelet events and features for online poker players to enjoy. The wait for the 2019 World Series of […]

New Jersey Threatens Lawsuit Over New Wire Act Opinion

New Jersey Threatens Lawsuit Over New Wire Act Opinion

The United States Department of Justice recently changed its opinion on the 1961 Wire Act, a controversial move that has been met with varying measures of support and criticism. The motives behind the reversal of the opinion are still not quite clear and this has caused a lot of havoc for the gaming industry in […]

Gambling Expansion in Kentucky May Still Be Possible

Gambling Expansion in Kentucky May Still Be Possible

Needless to say, there has been massive gambling expansion in the United States and one of the primary motivations behind that is the massive impact that gaming can have on the local state economies. Some states were quick to capitalize on the opportunity but a few others are still mulling over bills and regulatory legislation […]

PokerStars Slashes Sunday Million Buy-In by Half

PokerStars Slashes Sunday Million Buy-In by Half

The online poker industry has just gotten even more competitive following an announcement by PokerStars that it was slashing the buy-in for its long-running tournament from $215 to $109. By doing this, the online poker operator will now need to attract at least 10,000 buy-ins every week so as to avoid an overlay. However, the […]

Multiple Online Poker Rooms Go Live in Sweden

Multiple Online Poker Rooms Go Live in Sweden

Sweden has been preparing to launch its online poker industry for years and recently poker players got exactly what they had wished for and much more. It is one thing for one poker room to launch in a country but when thirteen online poker rooms are launched in any given country then there is certainly […]